Nine hurt in four roll-overs

MACKAY police are urging motorists to drive with extra care after a spate of single-vehicle crashes at the weekend. Four vehicles flipped and rolled and nine people were taken to hospital.

The first incident occurred at 12.45am on Saturday when a car crashed and landed on its roof near The Leap, north of Mackay. Police, paramedics and fire officers attended the scene.

A Mackay police spokesman said the driver was not badly injured and enquiries were continuing into the cause of the crash.

Hours later a car rolled "a number of times" after crashing on Golflinks Rd at Beaconsfield. The Mackay police spokeswoman said the vehicle landed on its roof and three people were taken to hospital.

She said they were "very lucky to sustain only minor injuries."

Eton range was closed for an hour late on Saturday night after yet another single vehicle rollover.

The crash occurred at 10.30pm when the car, with five occupants, lost control and rolled.

Three of the occupants were taken to Mackay Base Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

The forth single vehicle rollover occurred at 2am yesterday morning on Yakapari-Seaforth Rd.

The driver of that vehicle was taken to hospital.

Police are investigating the cause of the crash With a number of minor traffic crashes in the region over the weekend, Mackay police have urged drivers to slow down and take extra care on this, the last day of the long weekend.